However, his award has been accompanied less by discussion of his literary works than by controversy over his politics. Protests grow as Peter Handke receives Nobel medal in Sweden Read moreHandke’s politics, in this regard, are unambiguous. In the 2008 presidential election in Serbia, Handke openly supported the far-right Serbian Radical party, founded by the paramilitary leader Vojislav Šešelj. In spite of this, all of Handke’s Balkan-related works were included in the Nobel prize bibliography – a tacit endorsement of genocide denial, revisionism and ultranationalism. The political message of Handke’s Nobel prize becomes even clearer when we look at who it is encouraging.

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2019 17:25 UTC